Iran Will Execute Man for Spying on Soleimani
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Iran is executing an Iranian who spied on Revolutionary Guard commander Qassem Soleimani for the CIA and Israel.
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Misbar’s Analysis
On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Qasem Soleimani, leader of Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force. Washington justified its attack by claiming that Soleimani masterminded attacks by Iran-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region.
In response, Irani judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said in a televised news conference: "Mahmoud Mousavi-Majd, one of the spies for the CIA and the Mossad, has been sentenced to death ... He had shared information about the whereabouts of martyr Soleimani with our enemies... He passed on security information to the Israeli and American intelligence agencies about Iran's armed forces, particularly the Guards."
Esmaili also said that Mousavi-Majd's death sentence has been ratified by the Irani supreme court and "he will be executed soon."
In summary, an Iranian who spied for U.S. and Israeli intelligence on slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani has been sentenced to death, Iran said on Tuesday, June 9.
